I ate breakfast too... I remember seeing you. When I had finished I went to my room to take some things to the burner room... um, just small bits of paper and wood I found. I was there when the announcement happened.
She helped me calm down after I had pulled Prudence out of...
[trails off and shakes his head; he doesn't want to say it again]
She came to the laboratory after me and everybody who was there before me, and I'm sure she was in the kitchen until then. You and I and the others who ate breakfast all saw her there, right?
But I'm sorry, I did not think of really asking her. All she talked about was how good her potatoes are and that I am not cool enough to be called Jake.
[why can't she check for herself? but then he thinks of Lia and how strangely she reacted when she saw Tony's corpse; maybe this girl can't handle it either]
[... he should really ask her for her name, come to think]
[but first he'll try to answer the question]
...
Well, um. She was hanging inside it because... somebody hit her on the head from behind with the mop.
[makes a head motion in its direction]
At least that is what I think, because the back of her head was bloody, and if she had not been dead when she fell in she wouldn't have stayed there. Right? I tried to dry her face, but...
There were many, um... cracks? Is that right? Bleeding cracks. And do you know how skin dies and f-falls off when you get a sunburn? It was... a bit like that, just... just wet.
[long moment of silence]
But I think it's okay now.
[nothing is "okay" and he knows it, but at least his shirt soaked most of the acid up]
[tries to remember, but his sense of time was out of order at that point]
Not very long, I think. Bri pulled me away from Prudence quickly, and then I washed my hands in the kitchen. Maybe... five minutes? It felt longer, but... I am not sure.
...
Ah, say... what are you called? I forgot to ask before.
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(Anonymous) 2013-08-30 11:29 pm (UTC)(link)[Tempted to ask about why he was burning paper, but it probably isn't relevant. Probably.]
...Did you ask anyone else?
uhn
(Anonymous) 2013-08-30 11:53 pm (UTC)(link)Oh, wait-- I did talk to Bri, if that counts! I am sure that she did not do it.
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(Anonymous) 2013-08-31 12:04 am (UTC)(link)Oh, what'd she say? Why're you sure?
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[trails off and shakes his head; he doesn't want to say it again]
She came to the laboratory after me and everybody who was there before me, and I'm sure she was in the kitchen until then. You and I and the others who ate breakfast all saw her there, right?
But I'm sorry, I did not think of really asking her. All she talked about was how good her potatoes are and that I am not cool enough to be called Jake.
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(Anonymous) 2013-08-31 12:32 am (UTC)(link)[Pauses. Actually looking would be a whole lot more reliable than just asking, but...]
[Maybe later, when it doesn't feel like breakfast is about to make a return appearance.]
I mean, her skin.
uhn
(Anonymous) 2013-08-31 12:45 am (UTC)(link)[why can't she check for herself? but then he thinks of Lia and how strangely she reacted when she saw Tony's corpse; maybe this girl can't handle it either]
[... he should really ask her for her name, come to think]
[but first he'll try to answer the question]
...
Well, um. She was hanging inside it because... somebody hit her on the head from behind with the mop.
[makes a head motion in its direction]
At least that is what I think, because the back of her head was bloody, and if she had not been dead when she fell in she wouldn't have stayed there. Right? I tried to dry her face, but...
There were many, um... cracks? Is that right? Bleeding cracks. And do you know how skin dies and f-falls off when you get a sunburn? It was... a bit like that, just... just wet.
[long moment of silence]
But I think it's okay now.
[nothing is "okay" and he knows it, but at least his shirt soaked most of the acid up]
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(Anonymous) 2013-08-31 12:59 am (UTC)(link)Okay... thanks. Thanks for telling me.
[Not sure if this guy's word can be trusted, but it's worth asking anyway-]
How long did you have the acid on your hands for?
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[tries to remember, but his sense of time was out of order at that point]
Not very long, I think. Bri pulled me away from Prudence quickly, and then I washed my hands in the kitchen. Maybe... five minutes? It felt longer, but... I am not sure.
...
Ah, say... what are you called? I forgot to ask before.
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(Anonymous) 2013-08-31 01:19 am (UTC)(link)[Frowns. So there's not really a useful comparison to be made, just that Prudence's body was in the acid for longer than five minutes.]
Saira. And you?
uhn
(Anonymous) 2013-08-31 01:33 am (UTC)(link)